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Treasury Announces Key Staff Appointments | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury Announces Key Staff Appointments
June 14, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, the United States Department of the Treasury announced three key
additions to Treasury sta . These distinguished and diverse individuals join Treasury
prepared to deliver results for the American people.
Biographies of the appointees are listed below in alphabetical order:

Kayla Arslanian, Deputy Executive Secretary, O ice of the Executive Secretary
Kayla Arslanian joins the Treasury Department from the New York City Mayor's O ice, where
she most recently served as Deputy Chief of Sta to Mayor Bill de Blasio. As a member of the
senior leadership team responding to New York City’s COVID-19 crisis, Arslanian was
responsible for increasing the city’s testing capacity and led planning e orts to reopen the
largest school system in the country. As Deputy Chief of Sta , she also advised the mayor on
a wide-ranging set of issues, including: public housing, education and the city’s expense and
capital budgets. Arslanian held multiple roles in the Mayor’s O ice, previously serving as
Deputy Director of Intergovernmental A airs and as Special Assistant to the Mayor. Arslanian
began her career as a Legal Analyst at the New York State Attorney General’s O ice and later
worked in the New York State Governor’s O ice, where she joined Governor Andrew Cuomo’s
first term administration as Special Assistant to the Director of State Operations. A native of
New York City, Arslanian is a proud Wolverine – earning both her B.A and J.D. from the
University of Michigan.

J.J. Ricchetti, Special Assistant, O ice of Legislative A airs
J.J. Ricchetti joins the Treasury Department a er graduating from the University of
Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in political science.

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Antonio J. White, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Engagement, O ice of
Public A airs
Antonio White returns to the Treasury Department from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
where he was a senior member of the public engagement team. Prior to joining the
foundation, White founded and led Beyond Ideas Group, a public a airs and social impact
consulting firm that specialized in communications, campaigns, and public engagement
strategy. White previously served as the Treasury Department’s Senior Advisor for Business
A airs during the Obama Administration and as Associate Director of Scheduling and
Advance for Treasury Secretaries Tim Geithner and Jack Lew. A proud Warrensville Heights,
Ohio native, White earned a master’s degree in history from Morgan State University and a
bachelor’s degree in Black studies from Miami University.
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